Housing starts in Canada rose 3% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 248,896 units in September 2026, up from a revised 242,223 units in August and above market expectations of 232,500 units. Rural starts were estimated at 18,094 units. Actual monthly housing starts were down 11% year-on-year in centres with a population of 10,000 or more, with 19,984 units recorded in September 2026. Montréal’s six-month trend fell 8% month-to-month, driven by lower multi-unit starts, while Vancouver rose 6% on higher multi-unit starts. Toronto’s trend was flat. Year-to-date housing starts totaled 170,964 units, down 4% from the same period in 2025. The six-month trend was virtually unchanged at 250,411 units. source: Canada Mortgage And Housing Corporation
Housing Starts in Canada increased to 248.90 Thousand units in September from 242.22 Thousand units in August of 2026. Housing Starts in Canada averaged 194.78 Thousand units from 1977 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 321.28 Thousand units in March of 2021 and a record low of 90.70 Thousand units in August of 1982. This page provides the latest reported value for - Canada Housing Starts - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Canada Housing Starts - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2026.
Housing Starts in Canada increased to 248.90 Thousand units in September from 242.22 Thousand units in August of 2026. Housing Starts in Canada is expected to be 215.00 Thousand units by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Canada Housing Starts is projected to trend around 215.00 Thousand units in 2027 and 200.00 Thousand units in 2028, according to our econometric models.